Clinging to God and Grammar

by Carl R. Trueman

The battle over pronouns on social media and in public spaces, as trivial as it seems, is actually of great importance. Continue Reading »

23 Sep 2021

Antifascism Without Fascism

by Stanley G. Payne

In recent decades, one of the most popular terms of political abuse has been “fascist.” Continue Reading »

22 Jan 2021

Thou

by Anthony Esolen

One of the disappointing features of our controversies about biblical translations, the readings in the lectionary, the composition of our hymnals, sacred art in our churches, and gestures and actions in our liturgies, is that people in charge of things seem to be poorly versed in the humanities. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2020

Not A Constitutional Crisis

by John Murdock

We have no “constitutional crisis.” We have no “normative crisis.” One could, however, make the case that we have a “credibility crisis.” Continue Reading »

30 Sep 2020

Learning Latin

by Joseph Epstein

Some people acquire foreign languages more easily than others. I, alas, am one of those others. I cannot truly say that I have possession of any foreign language. I have perhaps two hundred or so words of Yiddish—just enough to fool the Gentiles into thinking I know the language, but not . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020

The Poet and the Mob

by Dan Hitchens

Murray’s poems pack an impossible amount of meaning into short lines. Continue Reading »

1 May 2019

From Work to Text and Back

by Mark Bauerlein

Around 1980, those of us coming up in literary studies learned that we could no longer refer to a work of art. The term had become obsolete. If you uttered it even in passing, you appeared behind the times, not up-to-date. You had to use another word: text. Roland Barthes announced . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2019

Defining the Thing

by Dan Hitchens

If we can’t find a word to describe our situation, we have scarcely begun to understand it. Continue Reading »

11 Oct 2018

Two Resisters of Nazism

by Dan Hitchens

The unfinished memoirs of Dietrich von Hildebrand and Sebastian Haffner should be a warning to us not to make any thoughtless Nazi comparisons. Continue Reading »

30 Aug 2018

Dem Bones

by Paul V. Mankowski

Ossa Latinitatis Sola ad Mentem Reginaldi Rationemque: The Mere Bones of Latin According to the Thought & System of Reginaldby reginaldus thomas foster and daniel patricius mccarthycatholic university of america, 831 pages, $39.95 A recent online video shows a math teacher expounding the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2018